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Direct linkJabarullah, Noor H.; Iqbal Hussain, Hafezali – Education & Training, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of the use of problem-based learning (PBL) with engineering students at a technical university in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach: The setting provided a unique opportunity to evaluate the impact of PBL, since Universiti Kuala Lumpur offers both the traditional, predominantly…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Vocational Education, Engineering Education
Download full textKnuth, Randy; Sutton, Paul S.; Levias, Sheldon; Kuo, Annie Camey; Callison, Matthew – Grantee Submission, 2016
The purpose of this study is to describe and examine the structures and policies a public, comprehensive high school put in place to implement problem-based learning (PBL) across content areas. Starting in 2010, the school implemented PBL in the hopes of increasing students' career and college readiness skills. The research took place at a…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, High Schools, Problem Based Learning
Mitchell, John E.; Canavan, Brian; Smith, Jan – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2010
The paper presents a curriculum design for, and subsequent evaluation of, a communications systems course using problem-based learning (PBL) as the instructional methodology. It details the rationale for implementing PBL as well as reporting intended learning outcomes and assessing the students' achievements. (Contains 2 figures and 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes
Peer reviewedSchor, Nina F.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1997
A study investigated whether medical school faculty can arrive at consistent, non-idiosyncratic grades in a problem-based learning course. Analysis of grades given by three teachers, based on seven performance categories, to 16 groups of nine students in a seven-week University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) course revealed that given specific…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Design, Grading, Higher Education
Peer reviewedRichards, Boyd F.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1996
A study compared the performances of Wake Forest University (North Carolina) medical students rotating through an internal medicine program, 88 in a problem-based curriculum and 364 in a lecture-based curriculum. Students in the problem-based curriculum received significantly higher ratings from house staff and faculty on four clinical rating…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Clinical Experience, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Design
Peer reviewedShuler, Charles F.; Fincham, Alan G. – Journal of Dental Education, 1998
A study compared the performance on a national licensing examination of University of Southern California dental students in problem-based learning (PBL) versus those in conventional educational tracks. PBL track students scored significantly higher in all four discipline-based portions of the exam and also in the aggregate, and scored well in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Allied Health Occupations Education, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Design
Peer reviewedForrest, Alex S.; Walsh, Laurence J.; Isaacs, Geoff; Williams, Lesley M. – Journal of Dental Education, 1998
Describes the conversion of a conventional didactic course in dental anatomy at the University of Queensland (Australia) into a course in problem-based learning and the resulting effects on learners' autonomy over the first three years of the new course, noting the extent of achievement of course goals, student achievement, and learning style…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Allied Health Occupations Education, Anatomy, Change Strategies
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers
